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Anat Cohen

Quartetinho

Name: Quartetinho
Brand: Anzic Records
Price: 20.0 USD
Availability: InStock

01 Baroquen Spirit 3:57

02 Palhaço 8:22

03 Boa Tarde Povo 4:58

04 Birdie 6:40

05 Canon 3:06

06 O Boto 6:25

07 The Old Guitar 4:34

08 Frevo 4:17

09 Louisiana 3:30

10 Going Home 6:51

11 Vivi & Zaco 4:24

GRAMMY-nominated multireedist and composer Anat Cohen shifts her focus to an intimate group sound on the endlessly colorful Quartetinho (pronounced “quar-te-CHIN-yo,” i.e., little quartet).

The group of New York-based international multi instrumentalist-virtuosos are all drawn from the ranks of her GRAMMY-nominated Tentet featuring bassist Tal Mashiach, pianist/accordionist Vitor Gonçalves, and vibraphonist/percussionist James Shipp. They share a deep love for music in all its heterogeneity and it’s all amply documented on Quartetinho, which includes originals by Cohen, Mashiach and Shipp along with material by the great masters Antonio Carlos Jobim, Egberto Gismonti and more. The result is boundlessly melodic and lyrical, with a wide array of timbres and subtle details of orchestration.

Credits

Anat Cohen – clarinet, bass clarinet

Vitor Gonçalves – piano, accordion, Fender Rhodes

Tal Mashiach – bass, guitar

James Shipp – vibraphone, percussion, glockenspiel, analog synthesizer

Quartetinho – arrangements

Produced by: Anat Cohen & Oded Lev-Ari
Recorded by: James Farber (Sear Sound, NYC, October 2021)
Mixed by: James Farber (Sear Sound, NYC, May 2022)
Mastered by: Mark Wilder (Battery Studios, NYC, May 2022)
Design by: Yeşim Tosuner

Press

“This intimate, quietly beautiful chamber music sparkles with originality … Cohen's clarinets naturally play starring roles … Her mellow bass clarinet delivers the melody of "Going Home" with stately, anthemic grandeur … Quartetinho is blessed with a diversity of ensemble textures … this album finds yet another marriage North and South American traditions.”
— Paul de Barros, DownBeat

“hugely enjoyable album … Cohen's clarinet at its most canorous … an especially artful solo from Gonçalves … 'Canon' leaves a particularly strong impression … joyous virtuosity (the rapid unison melodic lines of Cohen and Gonçalves are nothing short of miraculous), incredible dynamic control and - at its heart - a love of the ludic which inexorably draws the listener in … The quartet's supreme melodicism”
— Peter Quinn, Jazzwise

“its liveliness, its joyfulness, the music's power to rejuvenate and delight, as if it were the first day of spring given life as music—it's a gift that, though familiar, feels completely new each time it's received … Cohen's music transcends as something more than just a listening experience; it speaks to why Cohen is a special musician and, tangentially, what makes art essential to all of humanity”
— Dave Sumner, Bandcamp Daily